Purity: Is It Obligatory to Face the Dying Muslim Toward the Qiblah?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Purity: Is It Obligatory to Face the Dying Muslim Toward the Qiblah?
English:
Question #252:
Is it obligatory to direct the dying Muslim towards qiblah?
Answer #252:
It is advisable to place a dying Muslim to lying down on his back and to direct the bottom of his feet towards the qiblah. Many mujtahids believe that it is obligatory for the dying person himself — if he can — or for the others to do this and caution in doing so is not to be neglected.